Oxford Guides to Chaucer: Troilus and Criseyde

by Barry Windeatt

Overview

The Oxford Guides to Chaucer are written to summarize what is known about his works and offer interpretations based on recent advances in both historical knowledge and theoretical understanding. Following the successful Oxford Guide to Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales, this volume looks in depth at Chaucer's masterwork. The guide includes the fullest and most convenient account of Chaucer's use of sources, analysis of the poem's genre, and a readable commentary on all aspects of its themes, structure, and style. The most comprehensive guide to the poem yet written, this work will be invaluable to all scholars and serious students.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198111948
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	06/29/1995
Series:	Oxford Guides to Chaucer
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	428
Product dimensions:	9.24(w) x 6.08(h) x 0.91(d)

About the Author

Barry Windeatt, Fellow of Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge

Barry Windeatt is Fellow and Keeper of Rare Books at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. His research focuses largely on Chaucer, the literature of mysticism and contemplation, and the interface between medieval English textual and visual culture. He has both edited and translated Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde, The Book of Margery Kempe, and, more recently, Julian of Norwich.

Table of Contents

IntroductionBibliographical NoteDateTextSourcesGenreStructureThemes and IdeasStyleImitation and AllusionBibliographyIndex

Editorial Reviews

"A rich compendium of knowledge, making the volume well worth its price. Windeatt is to be commended for the voluminous material he has assimilated and for providing a source for a better understanding not only of the Troilus but of Chaucer's other works as well. Highly recommended."—Choice

"I am really impressed with this text and would like to use it as a supplement in one of my major Chaucer courses."—William D. McGlone, Iona College

"There is something to be learned or remembered on every page....Windeatt deserves credit for fashioning a book which might have the potential to be dry or intimidating, but turns out to be neither. His graceful and clear writing, coupled with his sound critical sense, keeps us reading and mining his valuable book for more insights about the poem. And our searches are rewarded. Whether you consult this book as a first reference work on the poem or as a refresher course, under Windeatt's able guidance the poem does not seem at all difficult to contact."—AEstel

"The writing of such a guide might seem a modest task, performed in service to students and colleagues. Windeatt's accomplishment is to do this well and at the same time to offer far more. I expect his guide to serve us admirably for a long time to come."—Studies In The Age of Chaucer

"Windeatt has provided a judicious, sensitive, and intelligent commentary on the many topics this book addresses....His criticism is characteristically elegant and suggestive, and his scholarship and accuracy are impeccable."—Speculum

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